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Get the inside track on funds, tips for successfully investing in ETFs as well as news on the days winners and losers.en-us1996-2015 TheStreet.com, Inc.Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:00:00 GMTFri, 31 Jul 2015 10:00:00 GMT2ETFshttp://images.thestreet.com/tsc/rss/images/144x200_etfs.jpghttp://www.thestreet.com/funds/Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with FeedLoungeSubscribe with Live.comVisit TheStreet.com/RSS for more RSS feeds and to read our Terms of Use.Trade These Turnaround Utility and Transportation Sector ETFs Nowhttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/Mm0nVFcQuUY/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund and the iShares Transportation Average ETF represent two of the three worst-performing sectors&nbsp;for the first half of 2015. But that changed in July. The utilities exchange-traded fund&nbsp;mirrors the Dow Jones Utility Average, which is down 6.3% year to date but remains in correction territory down 11.4% from its all-time intraday high set on Jan. 29. The ETF is down 7.8% year to date but has a gain of 5% in July, and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. The transportation ETF&nbsp;mirrors the Dow Jones Transportation Average which is down 7.9% year to date but has just moved back above&nbsp;the correction threshold down 9.6% since setting its all-time intraday high back on Nov. 28.&nbsp;The ETF is down 8% year to date but has a gain of 4.1% in July. Let's illustrate how investors can use must see daily and weekly and key trading levels to help make investment decisions for these ETFs. Here's the daily chart for the utilities ETF. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The utilities ETF had a close of $43.55 on Thursday, down 7.8% year to date but up 5% in July. The 50-day simple moving average fell below the 200-day simple moving average on April 29 in a formation technicians call a &quot;death cross&quot;. The ETF has moved above its 50-day SMA now at $43.02. If this key level holds the upside is to the 200-day SMA now at $44.95. Here's the weekly chart for the utilities ETF. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The weekly chart for utilities ETF will have a positive weekly chart if the close on Friday, July 31 is above its key weekly moving average of $43.06. The weekly momentum reading is projected to be 35.96 this week up from 30.88 on July 24. If the rally fails the downside risk is to the 200-week simple moving average rising each week, now at $39.44. Must Read: Airlines Not Scared Off by China’s Steep Stock Market Declines Investors looking to buy the utilities ETF should place a good till canceled&nbsp;limit order to buy the ETF if it drops to $41.17 and $38.18, which are key levels on technical charts until the end of 2015. Investors looking to reduce holdings should place a good till canceled limit to sell the EFT if it rises to $46.05 and $46.31, which are key levels on technical charts until the end of 2015 and September, respectively. Here's the daily chart for the transportation ETF. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The transportation ETF had a close of $150.95 on Thursday, down 8% year to date, but up 4.1% in July. The 50-day simple moving average fell below the 200-day simple moving average on May 26 in a formation technicians call a &quot;death cross&quot;. The ETF has moved above its 50-day SMA now at $148.98. If this key level holds the upside is to the 200-day SMA now at $156.45. Here's the weekly chart for the transportation ETF. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The weekly chart for the transportation ETF will have a positive weekly chart it the close on Friday, July 31 is above its key weekly moving average of $149.15. The weekly momentum reading is projected to be 23.97 this week up from 19.17 on July 24, which pulls the ETF above the oversold threshold of 20.00. If the rally fails the downside risk is to the 200-week simple moving average rising each week, now at $121.15. Investors looking to buy the transportation ETF should place a good till canceled limit order to buy the ETF if it drops to $130.34, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of 2015. Investors looking to reduce holdings should place a good till canceled limit to sell the ETF if it rises to $177.56, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of September. A semiannual technical level of $150.92 was tested at the highs Wednesday and Thursday and should act as a magnet until the end of 2015. Investors not familiar with technical analysis should begin with the notion that a price chart for a stock shows a road map of past price performance, which provides guidance for predicting future share price direction. Here's how to read a daily chart. There are two moving averages to follow; the 50-day simple moving average is in blue while the 200-day simple moving average is in green. Here's how to read a weekly chart. The red line tracks the ups and downs of the key weekly moving average. The green line is the 200-week simple moving average. The red line that oscillates along the bottom of the chart is the momentum reading on a scale of 00.00 to 100.00. A reading below 20.00 is oversold and a reading above 80.00 is overbought. Must Read: 3 Systems Software Stocks to Buy A technically positive weekly chart occurs when a stock ends a week above its key weekly moving average with the momentum reading rising above 20.00. 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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/Mm0nVFcQuUY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>ETFsUtilitiesTransportationEquitiesOpinionHow to InvestIYTTechnical AnalysisFri, 31 Jul 2015 10:00:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Richard Suttmeier)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13239294/1/trade-these-turnaround-utility-and-transportation-sector-etfs-now.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4898937e/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C132392940C10Ctrade0Ethese0Eturnaround0Eutility0Eand0Etransportation0Esector0Eetfs0Enow0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmFinancial Engines, LKQ Offer Solid Value, Says Villere Managerhttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/ce8ZVB9cjxA/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- &nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Engines will continue to outperform because the company offers a valuable service to those who desperately need investing guidance, said George Young, portfolio manager for the Villere Balanced Fund. &quot;This is a company that helps people save for retirement and to invest correctly,&quot;&nbsp;said Young about the company founded by Nobel Prize winning economist Bill Sharpe. &quot;A lot of people unfortunately don't know what they are doing when they invest.&nbsp;We think it is going to grow at something like 20%. They've got over a trillion dollars that they can invest for their clients. It's a great company.&quot; The Villere Balanced fund, which sports a trailing twelve-month yield of 1.1%, is up 2% year-to-date. Shares of Financial Engines are up 21% so far in 2015. The company releases its second-quarter earnings results Aug. 5th.&nbsp; Young is also bullish on car-part distributor LKQ , which has seen its shares rise 10% so far in 2015. LKQ releases its second-quarter results&nbsp;before the bell on July 30th, and Young said he expects a strong showing despite the bearish case that a drop in metals prices will sink the stock. &nbsp; &quot;They take refurbished auto parts and supply them to the consumer,&quot; Young said. &quot;When the consumer gets into a car wreck they use refurbished auto parts. They may not necessarily know that, but that's why the company is called LKQ - Like Kind and Quality. It's a fantastic company and a good play on the environment.&quot; &nbsp; Shares of the Howard Hughes Corporation&nbsp; have increased 3.2% thus far in 2015. Young is positive on the real estate and planned community company&nbsp;because it has around 20% debt which is much lower than other property players, plus it has prime locations in New York, Houston and Nevada. &nbsp; Finally, Young is a fan of Flowers Foods , which has seen its stock rise 11% year-to-date, saying the company offers consistency. &nbsp; &quot;People are always going to buy bread, and this is why it can offer a 2.5% dividend,&quot; said Young. Must Read: Warren Buffett's Top 10 Dividend Stocks<P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/FNGN.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">FNGN</a>. <p/>Click to research the <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/markets/sectors-and-industries/financial/financial-services.html?cm_ven=rss_industry">Financial Services</a> industry.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566354112/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/488bee7e/sc/7/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566354112/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/488bee7e/sc/7/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566354112/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/488bee7e/sc/7/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566354112/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/488bee7e/sc/7/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566354112/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/488bee7e/sc/7/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566354112/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/488bee7e/sc/7/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566354112/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/488bee7e/sc/7/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566354112/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/488bee7e/sc/7/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566354112/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/488bee7e/sc/7/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/488bee7e/sc/7/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/ce8ZVB9cjxA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>InterviewLKQHHCETFsFood and BeverageEquitiesReal EstateOpinionAuto and Truck PartsFLOMutual FundsWed, 29 Jul 2015 19:59:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Gregg Greenberg)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13236705/1/financial-engines-lkq-offer-solid-value-says-villere-manager.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/488bee7e/sc/7/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C1323670A50C10Cfinancial0Eengines0Elkq0Eoffer0Esolid0Evalue0Esays0Evillere0Emanager0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmCapture the Shanghai Composite's Popping-Bubble Volatility by Trading This ETFhttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/e34Z_NqqHCc/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- With volatility comes trading opportunities. That's now the case with Chinese stocks. China's Shanghai Composite index set its all-time intraday high of 6,124 back in October 2007, in the same month that both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&amp;P 500 set their highs before the crash of 2008. While the Dow 30 and S&amp;P declined 54.2% and 57.7% to their March 2009 lows, the Shanghai Composite bottomed first, in October 2008, with a low of 1,665 -- down 72.8%. The volatility of the China bubble and its re-inflation can be traded using the iShares China Large-Cap ETF . Here's the weekly and daily charts for the Shanghai Composite, followed be the weekly chart for the exchange-traded-fund and its key trading levels. The weekly chart of the Shanghai Composite shows the crash of 2008 at the far left. The chart shows the Fibonacci Retracement&nbsp;levels, the key weekly moving average and the 200-week simple moving average, which is considered the long-term reversion to the mean. Note from left to right that the 200-week simple moving average was a magnet between April 2009 and October 2014 before the China bubble began to re-inflate.&nbsp; The new bubble has been fueled by the heavy use of margin debt, which reached record levels as the index set a bubble peak of 5,178 on June 12. The possibility of a popping bubble&nbsp;was previously analyzed on June 23. During the height of the Greek debt crisis, on July 7, it appeared that the popping China bubble would be a bigger problem than Greece. By July 9, after billions of dollars were spent by the Chinese government, the Shanghai Composite formed a tradable bottom of 3,374, holding the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement. There were three technical reasons&nbsp;for a rebound at that time, and the index rebounded 23.9% to a high of 4,184 on July 24. The index had a close of 4,071 on July 24, still in bear market territory and down 21.4%. Monday's close of 3,663 is between the 38.2% retracement of 3,365 and the 50% retracement of 3,891. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The daily chart of the Shanghai Composite shows the crash of 2015 from the high of 5,178 on June 12 to the low of 3,374 on July 9. The close that day was above the 200-day simple moving average, then at 3,431. Must Read: Can China Produce More Alibabas and Become the World's Next Silicon Valley? This chart shows the Fibonacci Retracement levels between the June 12 high and the July 9 low. At the close on July 24, the composite was just above the 38.2% retracement of 4,063. The open was below this level on July 27, and the close that day was below the 23.6% retracement of 3,799. At Tuesday's opening low of 3,538, the Shanghai Composite held its 200-day simple moving average of 3,534. An analysis of key levels on technical charts shows downside risk to 3,152 by the end of 2015. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith Here's the weekly chart for the iShares China Large-Cap ETF. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The weekly chart of the China ETF shows its crash of 2008 at the far left. The chart shows the Fibonacci Retracement levels, the key weekly moving average and the 200-week simple moving average, which is considered the long-term reversion to the mean. Note from left to right that the 200-week simple moving average was a magnet between September 2008 and October 2014 before the China bubble re-inflated. Notice the accuracy of the Fibonacci Retracements as the 50% level of $46.20 was the high end of the trading range between November 2009 and April 2011. Then the 23.6% retracement became the low end of the trading range between September 2011 and July 2013. The ETF ended Monday with a close of $40.13, down 3.6% Monday and down 24.1% below its April 15 multiyear high of $52.85. The low of $38.88 set on July 8 was above the 200-week simple moving average of $38.30, and this week's low of $39.79 is on the 38.2% retracement of $39.85. The weekly chart for the China ETF is negative, given a close on Friday, July 31, below the key weekly moving average of $44.15, with a weekly momentum reading projected to decline to 25.64, down from 28.40 on July 24. Investors looking to buy the China ETF should place a good till canceled&nbsp;limit order to buy the ETF if it drops to $34.99, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of 2015. Investors looking to reduce holdings should place a good till canceled limit to sell the ETF if it rises to $44.67, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of 2015. 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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/e34Z_NqqHCc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>ETFsDIAEquitiesOpinionEmerging MarketsChinaFXITechnical AnalysisTue, 28 Jul 2015 15:48:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Richard Suttmeier)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13234105/1/capture-the-shanghai-composites-popping-bubble-volatility-by-trading-this-etf.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4881f208/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C1323410A50C10Ccapture0Ethe0Eshanghai0Ecomposites0Epopping0Ebubble0Evolatility0Eby0Etrading0Ethis0Eetf0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmEnter the Bear: How to Win With ETFs as Chinese Stocks Tumblehttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/zfAAPCtg9_M/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Chinese stocks are tumbling again. The Shanghai Composite fell another 1.6% Tuesday after a sharp 8.5% drop Monday, its worst intraday loss in eight years. Mainland China's benchmark equity index is down 9.1% over the past month and nearly 18% over the past three. Instead of being worried, investors can take advantage of the selloff with exchange traded funds that bet against the Chinese market, also known as &quot;bear&quot; funds. As we noted last month, the Direxion Daily CSI 300 China A Share Bear 1X Shares is an ideal option for investors who expect further declines in Chinese A shares, the stocks trading on the mainland in Shanghai and Shenzhen. The Direxion Daily CSI 300 China A Share Bear 1X Shares ETF is designed to deliver the daily inverse performance of China's blue-chip CSI 300 Index. So when the CSI 300 falls by 1%, the CHAD ETF should rise 1%. Investors looking for a U.S.-listed ETF with a similar bent just need to look to the Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF , which also tracks the CSI 300 Index. Signs suggest that traders are anticipating&nbsp;further downside for A shares. For example, it was reported on Monday that the cost to borrow shares of the Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF to sell short is so high that short sellers would need the fund to fall another 40% just to break even. Must Read: Can China Produce More Alibabas and Become the World's Next Silicon Valley? Yet last week, bearish put options on the fund cost nearly twice as much as calls. And earlier this month, nearly 20% of ASHR's shares outstanding were sold short, according to Bloomberg. The CHAD ETF is benefiting. The fund has surged 24.1% since coming to market on its way to amassing $232.5 million in assets under management, a jaw-dropping sum for an ETF that is just six weeks old. Declines on China's mainland have trickled down to stocks trading in Hong Kong. Over the past 90 days, the Hong Kong benchmark Hang Seng Index is lower by 13.4%. That has sent the iShares China Large-Cap ETF tumbling by nearly 24% over the same period. The largest China ETF trading in the U.S., the&nbsp;iShares China Large-Cap ETF holds large-cap Chinese equities that trade on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. One way to play ongoing weakness in Hong Kong-listed stocks is with the ProShares Short FTSE China 50 . Like the CHAD ETF, the ProShares Short FTSE China 50 is an inverse -- though not leveraged -- fund. When the FTSE China 50 Index falls 1%, the ProShares Short FTSE China 50 should rise 1%. That index is also tracked by FXI. The ProShares Short FTSE China 50 has done an admirable job of closely tracking the inverse performance of that index, rising 24.1% over the past 90 days. As is the case with the Shanghai Composite, there are some signs that indicate traders are prepping for more downside in Hong Kong. Look at the Direxion Daily FTSE China Bear 3X Shares . That fund is designed to return three times the daily inverse performance of the FTSE China 50 Index, so if the index falls 1%, YINN should rise 3%. This month traders have added $29.4 million to YANG, nearly the same amount that was added to the fund through the entire second quarter.<P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/CHAD.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">CHAD</a>.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566230553/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4881a01d/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566230553/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4881a01d/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566230553/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4881a01d/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566230553/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4881a01d/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566230553/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4881a01d/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566230553/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4881a01d/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566230553/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4881a01d/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566230553/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4881a01d/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566230553/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4881a01d/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4881a01d/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/zfAAPCtg9_M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>ETF BasicsASHRETFsShort-SellingOpinionEmerging MarketsChinaFXICHADYXITue, 28 Jul 2015 14:00:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Todd Shriber)http://www.thestreet.com/p/comment/investing/13233290.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4881a01d/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cp0Ccomment0Cinvesting0C13233290A0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmWells Fargo Fund Manager Says Growing Economy Will Lift Muni Markethttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/FKFCTiZBP6U/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The recent lack of movement in Treasury yields has caused municipal bond fund prices to stagnate. A growing economy&nbsp;should lift the muni market in the second half of 2015, said Lyle Fitterer, portfolio manager&nbsp;for the Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Bond fund. &quot;You have a little bit of income, a little bit of price depreciation in the marketplace,&quot; said Fitterer. &quot;Longer term it looks pretty attractive on a relative value basis so we are looking for slightly positive returns by the end of the year.&quot; &nbsp;The Wells Fargo Advantage Municipal Bond fund, which has a trailing twelve month yield of 2.7%, is up 6 basis points so far in 2015, according to fund-tracker Morningstar. The $3.2 billion fund has returned 5.5% on an annualized basis over the past five years, better than 89% of its Morningstar peers. While Puerto Rico's financial problems&nbsp;are capturing headlines, Fitterer said the island's troubles are not weighing on the national muni market. In fact, he said Chicago and New Jersey's problematic paper are having more of an impact than Puerto Rico.&nbsp; &quot;A lot of people have had a chance to sell Puerto Rico,&quot; said Fitterer. &quot;I think most people think it's cheap, and they buy it and then it gets cheaper. We think it's too hard to analyze.&quot; &nbsp; Fitterer said his team does not immediately run from municipalities with legacy pension issues, instead taking each bond on a case by case basis. For example, he said he owns a lot of Chicago debt despite recent downgrades by the ratings agencies. &nbsp; &quot;You need to differentiate Chicago&nbsp;from a Detroit or Puerto Rico by looking at the economic backdrop,&quot; said Fitterer. &quot;In Chicago the economy is actually growing. It's a microcosm of the U.S. growing plus or minus 2% per year. Population has shifted. Its growing again. They are starting to become a technology center for the U.S. and commercial real estate has gone up substantially for the city.&quot; Must Read: Warren Buffett's Top 10 Stock Buys <P></P><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566179419/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/487b16be/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566179419/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/487b16be/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566179419/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/487b16be/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566179419/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/487b16be/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566179419/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/487b16be/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566179419/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/487b16be/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566179419/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/487b16be/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566179419/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/487b16be/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566179419/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/487b16be/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/487b16be/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/FKFCTiZBP6U" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>InterviewEconomyETFsOpinionMutual FundsMon, 27 Jul 2015 21:14:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Gregg Greenberg)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13232906/1/wells-fargo-fund-manager-says-growing-economy-will-lift-muni-market.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/487b16be/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C1323290A60C10Cwells0Efargo0Efund0Emanager0Esays0Egrowing0Eeconomy0Ewill0Elift0Emuni0Emarket0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmMust-See Charts: U.S Treasury Bonds, Gold, Oil, U.S. Dollarhttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/wzfZlCGKxTM/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The U.S. Treasury bond yield&nbsp;is declining towards its uptrend support and its 200-day simple moving average of 2.819%. This yield is down from a year to date high of 3.256% set on June 26. The bond yield&nbsp;is back below its 200-week simple moving average of 3.152%, which makes the weekly chart for the 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF positive. Comex gold continues to have a negative weekly chart, but now shows that the decline is oversold. The down trend on the weekly chart the gold bullion exchange-traded fund, SPDR Gold Shares ETF was broken to the downside. Nymex crude oil continues to have a negative weekly chart, and so does the iShares GSCI Commodity-Index Trust Fund , which is the ETF that's 70% to 75% weighed to energy and crude oil. Crude oil is still above its 2015 low of $42.03 per barrel set on March 18, but the ETF set a new 2015 low of $18.52 on Friday. The euro versus the dollar has a negative weekly chart and the Deutsche Bank USD Index has a positive weekly chart. This is the ETF that represents the U.S. dollar versus a basket of currencies; the euro, Japanese yen, British pound, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona and Swiss franc. The euro set its 2015 low of 1.0456 on March 16, whereas the ETF set its 2015 high of 26.50 on March 13. Here's the weekly chart for the Bond ETF, which is a basket of U.S. Treasury bonds with maturities of 20-Years to 30-Years. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The bond ETF ended last week with a close of $121.39 on July 24, down 3.6% year to date, improving from down 5.7% year to date a week ago. The weekly chart shifts to positive this week given a weekly close on July 31 above its key weekly moving average of $119.27. The 200-week simple moving average of $117.26 has become an important support. The weekly momentum reading is 19.21 up from 11.99 on July 17, which indicates a high probability that momentum will be rising above the oversold threshold of 20.00 this week. Must Read: 11 Safe High-Yield Dividend Stocks for Times of Volatility and Uncertainty The uptrend for the bond ETF starts from $88.14 during the week of Feb. 11, 2011, and goes through the low of $101.17 set during the week of Jan. 3, 2014. This uptrend comes into play this week at $108.39. Investors looking to buy the bond ETF should place a good till canceled&nbsp;limit order to buy the ETF if it drops to $115.61, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of this week. Investors looking to reduce holdings should place a good until canceled limit order to sell the ETF if it rises to $132.13, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of 2015. A key level that expires at the end of September remains $120.38. Here's the daily chart for the gold exchange-traded fund. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The gold ETF had a close of $105.35 on Friday, down 7.2% year to date extending the decline from 4.3% year to date a week ago. The ETF set its 2015 intraday low of $103.43 on Friday and the close was above Thursday's high of $105.30, which technicians call a &quot;key reversal&quot; day. This formation often signals at least a short-term rally to alleviate the oversold condition on the weekly chart. A rebound could follow additional weakness for the stock market, as some analysts consider gold as a flight to safety. Investors looking to reduce holdings should place a good until canceled limit order to sell the ETF if it rises to $114.17, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of 2015. Here's the weekly chart for the Commodity-Index ETF. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The commodity ETF had a weekly close of $18.60 on July 24, down 13.8% year to date extending the decline from 9.8% year to date a week ago. The weekly chart is negative with the ETF below its key weekly moving average of $20.12. The weekly momentum reading is 28.28 down from 37.33 on July 17. Must Read: George Soros' Top 5 Dividend Stock Picks for 2015 Note that this ETF crashed below its 200-week simple moving average during the week of July 11, 2014 with this average now at $30.42. Look at the parabolic bubble that peaked at $76.58 during the week of July 4, 2008 which was the height of the institutional investor&nbsp;demand to own commodities as an asset class. Investors looking to buy the commodities ETF should place a good till canceled limit order to buy the ETF if it drops to $14.77, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of July. Investors looking to reduce holdings should place a good until canceled limit order to sell the ETF if it rises to $22.98, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of 2015. Here's the weekly chart for the Dollar Index ETF. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The dollar ETF had a weekly close of $25.45 on July 24, up 6.2% year to date slipping slight from the gain of 6.9% year to date last week. The weekly chart is positive with the ETF above its key weekly moving average of $25.25. The weekly momentum reading is 51.71 up from $40.88 on July 17. Must Read: 5 Stocks Warren Buffett Is Selling Note how the dollar began a momentum run-up during the week of August 29, 2014 when the ETF closed above its 200-week simple moving average now at $22.56. Investors looking to buy the dollar ETF should place a good till canceled limit order to buy the ETF if it drops to $24.58 and $23.81, which are key levels on technical charts until the end of 2015 and the end of September. Investors looking to reduce holdings should place a good until canceled limit order to sell the ETF if it rises to $26.71, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of July.<P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/TLT.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">TLT</a>. <p/>Click to research the <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/markets/sectors-and-industries/financial/financial-services.html?cm_ven=rss_industry">Financial Services</a> industry.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566232879/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48795e67/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566232879/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48795e67/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566232879/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48795e67/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566232879/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48795e67/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566232879/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48795e67/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566232879/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48795e67/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566232879/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48795e67/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566232879/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48795e67/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566232879/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48795e67/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/48795e67/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/wzfZlCGKxTM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>UUPMarket CommentaryETFsEquitiesOpinionHow to InvestMarket PredictionsTechnical AnalysisGoldGSGTLTMon, 27 Jul 2015 14:17:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Richard Suttmeier)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13231523/1/must-see-charts-us-treasury-bonds-gold-oil-us-dollar.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/48795e67/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C132315230C10Cmust0Esee0Echarts0Eus0Etreasury0Ebonds0Egold0Eoil0Eus0Edollar0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmRegional Bank ETFs Are Best Bet on Rising Rates, but Choose Carefullyhttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/CSeXZqf1Lkw/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- ETFs that track regional bank stocks have been soaring lately as investors bet that rising interest rates will improve the banks' profitability. But if you're thinking of joining the party, be aware&nbsp; that not all exchange traded funds with &quot;regional bank&quot; in their names are alike. The iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF ( ) illustrates why peeking under the hood is necessary. Home to $464.2 million in assets under management, the iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF purports to be a regional bank fund, but super regional might be the more accurate description. IAT's top 10 holdings, a group that combines for over 60% of the fund's weight, includes US Bancorp ( ), PNC Financial ( ) and BB&amp;T ( ). No those banks aren't the size of a Wells Fargo ( ) or a J.P. Morgan Chase ( ), but they're far from small or mid-sized regional banks that operate in just two or three states. Why does this matter? Bigger regional banks, such as US Bancorp and PNC, have more diverse business lines than their smaller counterparts and that can mute the positive impact of rising rates. For example, PNC has capital markets and commercial real estate operations. Smaller regionals that focus on lending are more sensitive to interest rate changes because as rates increase, so do profit margins.&nbsp; Big exposure to super regionals is affecting IAT's performance. As 10-year Treasury yields have surged 24.6% over the past six months, the iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF is up 13.1%. Impressive, but a better option is the SPDR S&amp;P Regional Banking ETF ( ), the largest regional bank ETF. KRE equal weights its 94 holdings, meaning each stock carries approximately the same weight within the fund as the others. That also helps mitigate single-stock risk. While IAT and KRE share several of the same holdings, KRE lacks exposure to super regionals like BB&amp;T and US Bancorp, giving investors purer access to true regional banks. With Treasury yields rising, KRE is outperforming its rival with a six-month gain of nearly 16%. History shows the gap in returns between these two funds is no fluke. When 10-year yields jumped in 2013, KRE finished that year up 47% while IAT gained 38%. Investors can also consider the SPDR S&amp;P Bank ETF ( ). Though it is not a dedicated regional bank fund, the SPDR S&amp;P Bank ETF is pretty close with nearly 78% of its weight devoted to regional banks. The rest of the fund's holdings are spread among diversified banks, capital markets firms and thrifts, among others. Like the SPDR S&amp;P Regional Banking ETF, the SPDR S&amp;P Bank ETF is an equal-weight fund. Tilting toward regional banks with a dash of financial services names has helped KBE climb 16.5% over the past six months. As for where investors are putting money to work with regional bank funds, flows data paint a clear picture. Since the start of the second quarter, $129 million has been pulled from IAT, but KRE and KBE have added $868.5 million and $685 million, respectively, in new assets, according to ETF.com data. &nbsp;<P></P><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566219635/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48778d90/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566219635/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48778d90/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566219635/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48778d90/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566219635/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48778d90/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566219635/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48778d90/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566219635/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48778d90/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566219635/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48778d90/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566219635/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48778d90/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566219635/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48778d90/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/48778d90/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/CSeXZqf1Lkw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>ETF BasicsETFsKBEOpinionIATUSBJPMBBTWFCPNCBanksMon, 27 Jul 2015 11:10:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Todd Shriber)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13230284/1/regional-bank-etfs-are-best-bet-on-rising-rates-but-choose-carefully.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/48778d90/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C13230A2840C10Cregional0Ebank0Eetfs0Eare0Ebest0Ebet0Eon0Erising0Erates0Ebut0Echoose0Ecarefully0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmNext Week's Focus: FOMC Announcement and Earnings from Facebook, Twitterhttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/Ju3vR--WD_U/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The earnings parade is in full swing, and there are a number of key economic data points on deck next week.&nbsp; Traders will be focused on the Federal Open Market Committee's&nbsp;announcement&nbsp;Wednesday to look for more clues on the timing of an interest-rate hike, which will affect&nbsp;commodities, commodity-based stocks and exchange-traded funds,&nbsp;as well as the financial sector.&nbsp; Other key data due next week include the S&amp;P/Case-Shiller Pending Home Sales, GDP, the Consumer Confidence Index,&nbsp;and the Chicago and Dallas manufacturing surveys. The theme so far this earnings season is the tremendous moves&nbsp;in names such as&nbsp;Google&nbsp; , Amazon&nbsp; and Netflix&nbsp; due to blowout quarters and strong guidance. Conversely, if companies show weak reports, such as Caterpillar's&nbsp; , the market is showing no mercy, which is&nbsp;reflected in the stock price. All eyes&nbsp;will be on Twitter&nbsp; &nbsp;on Tuesday as the stock and company continue to struggle. Over the past six quarters as a public company, Twitter's&nbsp;post-EPS move was 16.2%. On Wednesday, reports are due from industrial conglomerate Eaton&nbsp; , payment processor MasterCard&nbsp; and Facebook&nbsp; . While Caterpillar&nbsp;disappointed, Eaton's&nbsp;management team is solid and could produce a better result. Visa&nbsp; blew away its quarter, and MasterCard&nbsp;looks to be in good shape as well, as the payment processors continue to outperform. Facebook&nbsp;is up 450% since it hit a low in August 2012 and is up 25% on the year as the company continues to improve on several verticals. On Thursday, energy stock Occidental Petroleum&nbsp; and Starwood Hotels &amp; Resorts&nbsp; deliver earnings. Occidental Petroleum&nbsp;has been trading in sympathy with the energy sector as crude struggles to find a bottom, while trends in the travel industry remain strong. Must Read: George Soros' Top 5 Dividend Stock Picks for 2015<P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/SPY.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">SPY</a>. <p/>Click to research the <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/markets/sectors-and-industries/financial/financial-services.html?cm_ven=rss_industry">Financial Services</a> industry.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566120026/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/486b61a7/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566120026/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/486b61a7/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566120026/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/486b61a7/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566120026/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/486b61a7/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566120026/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/486b61a7/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234566120026/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/486b61a7/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566120026/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/486b61a7/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234566120026/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/486b61a7/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234566120026/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/486b61a7/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/486b61a7/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/Ju3vR--WD_U" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>EnergyNFLXEconomyOXYETNServicesAXPGOOGLHOTFBSPYEarnings PreviewsHotelsETFsHousing MarketE-ReadersEquitiesMobileSocial MediaXLEAuto and Truck PartsSmartphonesTWTRConsumer GoodsTechnologyAppsVFinancial ServicesQQQMAMachinery and ToolsLeisureOil Equipment/ServicesCATConsumer TechnologyAerospace/DefenseTechnology TrendsEntertainmentAgricultureSoftwareConglomeratesFri, 24 Jul 2015 20:52:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Jill Malandrino and Michael Khouw)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13231083/1/next-weeks-focus-fomc-announcement-and-earnings-from-facebook-twitter.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/486b61a7/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C132310A830C10Cnext0Eweeks0Efocus0Efomc0Eannouncement0Eand0Eearnings0Efrom0Efacebook0Etwitter0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmNew WisdomTree ETF Looks Beyond China State-Owned Companieshttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/F3rwXLIWNDI/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Chinese stocks have clearly been turbulent of late as the nation's relatively new market endures growing pains. Investors looking beyond the recent volatility to China's exciting economic future&nbsp;may want to leg into the new WisdomTree China ex-State-Owned Enterprises ETF , said Christopher Gannatti, Associate Director of Research at WisdomTree. &nbsp; &quot;The main benchmarks are 70% or more weighted to state owned companies,&quot; Gannatti said. &quot;What we are doing is saying 'Own China, but don't necessarily own the state owned companies.' We think this is a very exciting new way to own China,&nbsp;and it hasn't existed in the past.&quot; &nbsp; The WisdomTree China ex-State-Owned Enterprises ETF is down nearly 5% since it was unveiled at the beginning of July. WisdomTree defines state owned enterprises as those where the government owns more than 20% of a company's outstanding shares. &nbsp; By removing China's state-run companies&nbsp;from the fund, the CXSE maintains a very limited exposure to banks and energy stocks. Instead, information technology names dominate the ETF, accounting for approximately a third of its assets.&nbsp; CXSE also boasts a slew of U.S.-listed Chinese internet players such as Alibaba , Baidu&nbsp; , JD.com&nbsp; and Ctrip.com&nbsp; . &nbsp; Regarding the volatility of late in the Chinese market, Gannatti said the very strong returns in the past year are leading many investors to call it a bubble. Nevertheless, he said China's GDP growth, currently around 7%, is not in those double digit ranges of old. As a result, he said it is much more important to see the continued, incremental progress being made on ramping up consumption and aggregate demand, even if the GDP growth rate is no longer at nosebleed levels. Must Read: Warren Buffett's Top 10 Dividend Stocks<P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/CXSE.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">CXSE</a>.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565998469/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862e457/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565998469/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862e457/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565998469/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862e457/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565998469/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862e457/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565998469/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862e457/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565998469/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862e457/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565998469/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862e457/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565998469/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862e457/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565998469/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862e457/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4862e457/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/F3rwXLIWNDI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>InterviewBABAETFsOpinionSoftware and ServicesOnline RetailTelecommunicationsChinaCXSEThu, 23 Jul 2015 21:51:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Gregg Greenberg)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13230121/1/new-wisdomtree-etf-looks-beyond-china-state-owned-companies.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4862e457/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C13230A1210C10Cnew0Ewisdomtree0Eetf0Elooks0Ebeyond0Echina0Estate0Eowned0Ecompanies0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmNew WisdomTree China ETF Avoids State Owned Companies, Overweights Techhttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/Jv5RMHgI1WI/story01.htmChinese stocks have clearly been turbulent of late as the nation’s relatively new market goes through its growing pains.<p/><img src="http://video.thestreet.com/video/strategysession/13230120_thumbnail_0.jpg" /><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565995512/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862b746/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565995512/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862b746/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565995512/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862b746/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565995512/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862b746/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565995512/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862b746/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565995512/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862b746/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565995512/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862b746/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565995512/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862b746/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565995512/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4862b746/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4862b746/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/Jv5RMHgI1WI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>EnergyEconomyVideo: MarketsBABAMarket CommentaryETFsOnline RetailConsumer GoodsTechnologyChinaC-suite interviewPoliticsCXSEYouTubeInternetBanksThu, 23 Jul 2015 21:14:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Gregg Greenberg)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13230120/1/new-wisdomtree-china-etf-avoids-state-owned-companies-overweights-tech.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4862b746/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C13230A120A0C10Cnew0Ewisdomtree0Echina0Eetf0Eavoids0Estate0Eowned0Ecompanies0Eoverweights0Etech0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmExact Sciences Could 'Take Off' if Key Product Rates Highly, Says Managerhttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/E61dFCxNtqs/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Exact Sciences shares have pulled back in the past month due to a secondary offering and profit taking after a huge run-up. If the Preventive Services Task Force gives the company's Cologuard cancer screening product&nbsp;a high rating, however, the stock will take off, said Garvin Jabusch, chief investment officer for Green Alpha Advisors. &quot;It's already being used at the Mayo Clinic, they are obviously leaders in cancer prevention,&quot; said Jabusch. &quot;They are also working on a non-invasive, just breathe into it, lung cancer screening so I do think there is reason to be cautious but the pullback could provide a really nice entry level should they get a favorable rating this year.&quot;&nbsp; Shares of Exact Sciences have fallen 18% in the past month, but are up 60% in the past 12 months. The medical laboratories and research company priced a 7-million share secondary offering&nbsp;on Tuesday at $25.50 a share, which pulled the stock down over 6%. The company said it plans to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund the expansion of its Cologuard commercialization and product development efforts, as well as for general corporate and working capital purposes. Jabusch and his climate friendly fund also own shares of Google , which is having a strong month after it posted Street-beating earnings&nbsp;last week. Google said last week second quarter revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs (ex-TAC) came in at $14.35 billion and adjusted earnings a share was $6.99. Wall Street analysts expected the company to earn $6.70 a share on ex-TAC revenue of $14.27 billion. Google shares have risen 22% in the past four weeks and Jabusch expects more good things to come from the company's R&amp;D labs. &quot;They are the best ad-serving machine in the world. 90% of their revenue comes from their ad-serving but it's not always going to be that way,&quot; said Jabusch. &quot;Not because ads are going to slip so much. But because one or two or more of these moon shots are going to take off and become huge for Google.&quot; Finally, Jabusch is positive on Trina Solar , down 27% in the past month, and Canadian Solar , down 20% in the past month, despite the pair of solar companies struggling in the face of anti-dumping tariffs in the U.S. on top of other company specific woes. &nbsp; &quot;I think you will see the better solar companies&nbsp;with lower amounts of debt, better distribution channels and are the most geographically diversified do very well over the long run,&quot; said the contrarian Jabusch. Must Read: Warren Buffett's Top 10 Dividend Stocks<P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/EXAS.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">EXAS</a>. <p/>Click to research the <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/markets/sectors-and-industries/health-care/drugs.html?cm_ven=rss_industry">Drugs</a> industry.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565994613/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48623812/sc/15/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565994613/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48623812/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565994613/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48623812/sc/15/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565994613/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48623812/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565994613/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48623812/sc/15/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565994613/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48623812/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565994613/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48623812/sc/15/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565994613/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48623812/sc/15/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565994613/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48623812/sc/15/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/48623812/sc/15/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/E61dFCxNtqs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>CSIQETFsEquitiesOpinionOnline RetailStock PicksMutual FundsSpeculatingAlternative EnergyEXASHealth ServicesInternetBiotechGOOGThu, 23 Jul 2015 20:09:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Gregg Greenberg)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13229709/1/exact-sciences-could-take-off-if-key-product-rates-highly-says-manager.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/48623812/sc/15/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C1322970A90C10Cexact0Esciences0Ecould0Etake0Eoff0Eif0Ekey0Eproduct0Erates0Ehighly0Esays0Emanager0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmThese Are Best REITs -- Even As Rates Rise, Fund Manager Sayshttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/ou6w8H1ci1M/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The threat of higher rates ahead has kept REIT shares in check so far in 2015. Nevertheless, investors shouldn't run from REITs because fundamentals in the sector remain strong, said Wilson Magee, portfolio manager for the Franklin Real Estate Securities Fund. &quot;I think the earnings are going to come through really nicely,&quot; said Magee. &quot;Wall Street analysts expect 6% to 8% earnings growth this year with similar growth next year. The headwind will be rising long-term bond yields.&quot; The iShares US Real Estate ETF , which tracks publicly-traded REITs, is down 3.7% year-to-date. The Franklin Real Estate Securities Fund&nbsp; is down 1.6% so far this year. &quot;Our view right now is that REITs are about fairly valued versus equities, say the S&amp;P 500,&quot; said Magee. &quot;They are a little cheap versus bonds and a bit cheap versus underlying real estate, particularly for high-quality REITs.&quot; Magee said apartments, lodging and self-storage will be the fastest growing sectors from an earnings perspective. One of his top picks in the lodging arena -- primarily due to his high regard for the company's management team -- is Bethesda, Maryland-based Pebblebrook Hotel Trust , down 2.5% year-to-date. &quot;We think they are excellent,&quot; said Magee. &quot;It's a smaller capital base, so we think they will deliver very good growth off that capital base and of course the lodging fundamentals are quite strong in the United States right now.&quot; Magee is also bullish on lab-space operator Alexandria Real Estate Equities&nbsp; , which is up 4% in 2015 due to its association with the super-hot biotech sector. &quot;They continue to see significant tenant demand and rent growth,&quot; said Magee. &quot;They have a fabulous biotech office facility here on the lower east side of Manhattan. They really are the best in class operator in the nation in this lab biotech space.&quot; &nbsp; Must Read: Warren Buffet's Top 10 Stock Buys &nbsp;<P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/FRRSX.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">FRRSX</a>.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565991510/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d24/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565991510/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d24/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565991510/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d24/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565991510/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d24/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565991510/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d24/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565991510/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d24/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565991510/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d24/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565991510/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d24/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565991510/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d24/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/48621d24/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/ou6w8H1ci1M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>InterviewPEBHotelsETFsREITsEquitiesFRRSXinvestingMStocks to WatchMutual FundsBiotechBondsThu, 23 Jul 2015 19:13:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Gregg Greenberg)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13229482/1/these-are-best-reits--even-as-rates-rise-fund-manager-says.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/48621d24/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C132294820C10Cthese0Eare0Ebest0Ereits0E0Eeven0Eas0Erates0Erise0Efund0Emanager0Esays0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htm“Gold Conjunction of Price, Value and Sentiment and I’m Bullish” – Jim Granthttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/a6HI289FoJ0/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (Kitco News) - Don't tell Jim Grant, the publisher of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, that gold is a hedge. The author and publisher said the metal is much more dynamic; providing a trifecta of price, value and sentiment, and investors should have exposure to it. &quot;[G]old is an investment in monetary and financial disorder - not a hedge. You look around the world and you see exchange rates are properly disorderly, when you look around the world of lending and borrowing -- we are in a regime of price control by another name, so-called zero percent rates and quantitative easing by the world central banks -- we are in one of the most radical periods of monetary experimentation in the annals of money,&quot; Grant told Kitco News Thursday. Grant added that it could be that it all works out, albeit a very &quot;low probability.&quot; &quot;You want to have exposure to the reciprocal asset of the paper assets that are the most popular - so gold, to me, is now the conjunction of price, value and sentiment, and I am very bullish indeed.&quot; Gold prices are on track for its longest run of losses since 1996. After reaching five-year lows this week, the metal was relatively quieter on Thursday with prices slightly rebounding on some bargain hunting in the spot market. Kitco's spot gold was down up $3.10 at $1,090.90 an ounce as of 2:43pm EDT. Grant summed up the gold selloff as &quot;Mr. Market having a sale,&quot; and added that the downward spiral is &quot;terrifically vexing but a wonderful opportunity.&quot; He explained that no one knows the bottom for the metal, and that it should not be the sole focus. &quot;The important thing to recall is why those of us who own it, bought it. What is it about gold that ought to make it appealing - when it seems to be absolutely the thing you don't want to have.&quot; He added that gold thrives in the face of monetary turmoil, disorder and uncertainty, noting, &quot;I think we have all three of these things.&quot; Grant said he likes owning physical gold particularly South African Kruggerands. He added he is also the owner of &quot;too many gold mining shares&quot; for which he has, &quot;a great deal of worry for the present but a great deal of conviction for the future.&quot; Mining stocks have suffered even more since lower gold prices means less revenue per ounce of the metal for producers. The Market Vectors Gold Miners exchange-traded fund (GDX), which consists of stocks of gold-mining companies, was down $1.70, or 11%, to $13.72 on Thursday. On the topic of U.S. Federal Reserve rate hikes, Grant said the central bank is in a hurry to raise rates. &quot;The Fed feels it must act just for institutional pride; but, money supply growth is dwindling, the turnover rate of money likewise, the only thing that is dynamic in the world of money and credit is the issuance of more and more dubiously sourced debt, and more and more lenient terms,&quot; Grant said. &quot;What debt does is two things: it pushes forward consumption and pushes back evidence of business failure,&quot; he added.<P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/GC.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">GC</a>.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565991509/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d2a/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565991509/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d2a/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565991509/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d2a/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565991509/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d2a/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565991509/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d2a/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565991509/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d2a/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565991509/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d2a/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565991509/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d2a/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565991509/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/48621d2a/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/48621d2a/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/a6HI289FoJ0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Video TranscriptETFsPrecious MetalsGold PricesSilver PricesEquitiesKitcoCommodity FuturesCommodity FutureGDXMetals and MiningGoldThu, 23 Jul 2015 18:52:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Daniela Cambone)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13229759/1/gold-conjunction-of-price-value-and-sentiment-and-im-bullish-jim-grant.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/48621d2a/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C132297590C10Cgold0Econjunction0Eof0Eprice0Evalue0Eand0Esentiment0Eand0Eim0Ebullish0Ejim0Egrant0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmNew IndexIQ ETFs Reduce Foreign Currency Exposurehttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/TuM_ViTTpqE/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Investors confused as to whether or not they should hedge the currency exposure on their foreign stocks now have a solution. IndexIQ&nbsp;is launching a trio of ETFs that split the difference, said the fund provider's CEO Adam Patti. &quot;We've found that the 50% hedged solution is the optimal solution because it provides 80% of your volatility reduction of the fully hedged solution and more consistent returns over time,&quot; Patti said. IndexIQ, which is a subsidiary of New York Life Company and works in partnership with its MainStay brand, today announced the launch of three new ETFs: IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE International ETF&nbsp; , IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE Europe ETF&nbsp; , and IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE Japan ETF&nbsp; . Prior to this launch, investors were generally left with two choices in getting exposure to international equity ETFs, either go 100% currency hedged or completely unhedged. Both options require investors to make an implicit call on the future direction of the U.S. dollar&nbsp;versus foreign currencies. Patti said IndexIQ's new ETFs take a neutral approach, while saving investors the time and costs of mixing and matching. Of course, if an investor wants to make a market call on the direction of the yen or Euro, they can do that as well while holding the 50% hedged ETF as a core position. &quot;If you have a strong view on currencies, either bullish or bearish, you can have your core taken care of instead of having to manage two positions on a monthly basis,&quot; said Patti, adding that 50% hedged solution &quot;takes the market timing element completely out of it&quot; for investors. Must Read: Warren Buffett's Top 10 Dividend Stocks<P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/HFXE.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">HFXE</a>.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565938963/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/485b5d64/sc/28/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565938963/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/485b5d64/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565938963/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/485b5d64/sc/28/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565938963/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/485b5d64/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565938963/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/485b5d64/sc/28/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565938963/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/485b5d64/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565938963/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/485b5d64/sc/28/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565938963/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/485b5d64/sc/28/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565938963/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/485b5d64/sc/28/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/485b5d64/sc/28/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/TuM_ViTTpqE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>InterviewHFXEETFsOpinionJapanHFXIMutual FundsEurozoneThu, 23 Jul 2015 00:57:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Gregg Greenberg)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13227987/1/new-indexiq-etfs-reduce-foreign-currency-exposure.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/485b5d64/sc/28/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C132279870C10Cnew0Eindexiq0Eetfs0Ereduce0Eforeign0Ecurrency0Eexposure0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmNew IndexIQ ETFs Split Foreign Currency Exposure in Halfhttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/cl6FToX81fU/story01.htmInvestors confused as to whether or not they should hedge the currency exposure on their foreign stocks now have a solution.<p/><img src="http://video.thestreet.com/video/strategysession/13227986_thumbnail_0.jpg" /><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565957275/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859f1ec/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565957275/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859f1ec/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565957275/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859f1ec/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565957275/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859f1ec/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565957275/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859f1ec/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565957275/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859f1ec/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565957275/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859f1ec/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565957275/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859f1ec/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565957275/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859f1ec/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4859f1ec/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/cl6FToX81fU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Video: MarketsHFXEETFsHedge FundsHFXIC-suite interviewVideo: InvestingYouTubeVideo: ETFs and Mutual FundsWed, 22 Jul 2015 20:37:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Gregg Greenberg)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13227986/1/new-indexiq-etfs-split-foreign-currency-exposure-in-half.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4859f1ec/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C132279860C10Cnew0Eindexiq0Eetfs0Esplit0Eforeign0Ecurrency0Eexposure0Ein0Ehalf0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmAlger Funds Analyst Sees a Turnaround in Actively Managed Fundshttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/o8mASZPRR28/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) --&nbsp;Index funds and exchange-traded funds have been outperforming actively managed offerings in flows and performance for almost a decade. A changing market environment will soon reverse that trend, said Brad Neuman, an analyst at Alger Funds. &quot;Last year only 14% of U.S. large-cap managers managed to beat the S&amp;P 500, and investors have really been voting with their feet,&quot; Neuman said. &quot;This year over $80 billion has flowed out of actively managed funds and over $40 billion have flowed into the passively managed funds, but we think the intense headwinds are going to reverse and turn into tailwinds.&quot; Must Read: Three ETFs Billionaire Ray Dalio Loves and Why You Should, Too Neuman said low interest rates have caused investors to stream into equities&nbsp;that have&nbsp;bond attributes like utilities and real-estate investment trusts because of their steady cash flow and high dividend payments. Active managers, however, tend to underweight such high-yielding sectors because of their fundamentals, thereby hurting their performance. A switch to higher rates will cure this in Neuman's view. &quot;As folks have flocked to these bond-like equities, they have really done so at the expense of fundamentals which has made it difficult for stock pickers,&quot; Neuman said. Neuman said international fund managers should also perform better against their benchmarks as easy-money policies in Japan and Europe will lead to a stronger dollar, thus helping the supply/demand balance for international risk-assets. Along those lines, small-cap stock performance should improve, according to Neuman, as investors look to more domestically oriented stocks to avoid the currency-translation issues faced by larger-cap domestic companies. &quot;With the weak international currencies, investors may be more focused on small-caps which have less international exposure,&quot; Neuman said. Finally, Neuman said that active managers typically do better &quot;in the more mature part of a cycle as return dispersion widens out.&quot; Must Read: 10 Stocks Carl Icahn Is Buying <P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/AOFCX.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">AOFCX</a>.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565955327/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859e93f/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565955327/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859e93f/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565955327/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859e93f/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565955327/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859e93f/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565955327/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859e93f/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565955327/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859e93f/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565955327/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859e93f/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565955327/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859e93f/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565955327/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4859e93f/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4859e93f/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/o8mASZPRR28" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>InterviewETFsOpinionActively-Managed FundsIndex FundsWed, 22 Jul 2015 20:13:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Gregg Greenberg)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13227806/1/alger-funds-analyst-sees-a-turnaround-in-actively-managed-funds.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4859e93f/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C1322780A60C10Calger0Efunds0Eanalyst0Esees0Ea0Eturnaround0Ein0Eactively0Emanaged0Efunds0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmCramer Says Investors Who Missed Google, Facebook, Netflix Runs Now Have to Waithttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/LFUzEmAzLzk/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Investors who don't have Google&nbsp; , Facebook&nbsp; , Netflix&nbsp; , and Apple&nbsp; in their portfolios will have to wait, now that the popular stocks have all have had huge runs, TheStreet's Jim Cramer said. &quot;That's the penalty you have to pay&quot; for missing them, Cramer said as he answered viewers' Twitter&nbsp; questions on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. &quot;You had to buy them when nobody wanted them.&quot;&nbsp;Cramer recommended&nbsp;waiting for a pullback, but if there isn't one, then &quot;you missed it,&quot; he said. &quot;That's the way life is.&quot;AT&amp;T's&nbsp; &nbsp;balance sheet is improving, Cramer said, but&nbsp;Verizon's&nbsp; &nbsp;earnings will show &quot;that T-Mobile&nbsp; is beginning to really impact pricing&quot; in the industry.Cramer said the gold exchange-traded fund&nbsp;(ETF) was an &quot;interesting idea,&quot; but that he does not like the gold stocks, with the exception of Randgold&nbsp; . &quot;If you want to fool around with one of these ETF's, be my guest,&quot; he said. &quot;I've never recommended them, and I don't even&nbsp;think they should have been invented.&quot;&nbsp;Asked about Abiomed&nbsp; , Cramer said the stock&nbsp;has a lot of future potential, adding that he likes Edwards Lifesciences and St Jude Medical&nbsp; in the same group. Cramer said that while he doesn't care for either Fannie Mae&nbsp; &nbsp;or Freddie Mac&nbsp; common stock, &quot;the preferred certainly has a much better court case&nbsp;than the common.&quot; The discrepancy between the common and preferred shares &quot;is a battle of standing, and the common has the lowest standing,&quot; he said.Tweet stock questions&nbsp;to @jimcramer using #CramerQ. Must Read: Top 10 Warren Buffett Stock Buys for 2015: IBM, Visa, Deere and More<P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/TWTR.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">TWTR</a>.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565869751/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4851d7a6/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565869751/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4851d7a6/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565869751/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4851d7a6/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565869751/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4851d7a6/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565869751/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4851d7a6/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565869751/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4851d7a6/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565869751/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4851d7a6/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565869751/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4851d7a6/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565869751/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4851d7a6/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4851d7a6/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/LFUzEmAzLzk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>NFLXServicesFBETFsGold PricesE-ReadersEquitiesMobileVZMortgage LendersDisruptive TechnologySmartphonesTWTREWTelecommunicationsTMUSTechnologyMetals and MiningFMCCAAPLHealth CareFNMATabletsEarnings ReportsConsumer TechnologyGOLDTBiotechSTJentertainmentSoftwarePreferred StocksGOOGTue, 21 Jul 2015 21:24:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Rhonda Schaffler and Jim Cramer)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13225952/1/cramer-says-investors-who-missed-google-facebook-netflix-runs-now-have-to-wait.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4851d7a6/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C132259520C10Ccramer0Esays0Einvestors0Ewho0Emissed0Egoogle0Efacebook0Enetflix0Eruns0Enow0Ehave0Eto0Ewait0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmThe Investment Carl Icahn Fears Will Implode in a Financial Crisishttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/vZQbT469JaI/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Carl Icahn may have billions but he still worries about average investors: specifically, that they're putting too much money into high-risk debt that will be wiped out when the next financial crisis hits. That line of reasoning is why he's critical of exchange-traded funds that specialize in such debt, including those operated by Blackrock . It is a point he reiterated in a brief interview following last week's Delivering Alpha conference -- after making it directly to Blackrock CEO Larry Fink during the event. Icahn didn't get to say as much as he wanted because the two were on a panel devoted to activist investing, the arena in which Icahn made his fortune and which Fink has criticized. &quot;Blackrock is sort of a name out there,&quot; Icahn said. &quot;And this is one of the problems you had in 2007, where you had brand names on a lot of these housing things. But worse than that, they believe -- and wealth management guys believe -- there is liquidity here.&quot; In the event of another financial crisis, &quot;there's definitely a great risk out there in what this high-yield is doing because it's so big -- $1.5 trillion out there,&quot; Icahn said. And that's why understanding what high-yield funds are and how they work is crucial, he said. In the years leading up to the financial crisis of 2008, many small investors put money into complex financial products linked to the housing market, but didn't understand that they might be worthless once home prices began to fall. The false sense of security was created in part by high credit ratings that masked the risk and the availability of the securities through brand-name financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup . Icahn fears that type of buying behavior is now occurring again. &quot;I didn't get to say all I wanted to,&quot; Icahn said afterward, noting that he and Fink agree on many points about shareholder activism, though they differ on high-yield debt and exchange-traded funds linked to it. It's a sophisticated problem that would likely even make seasoned investors' eyes glaze over: By Icahn's own admission the problem wades into some pretty &quot;arcane&quot; aspects of finance. It still touches the lives of many people, though. People purchase high-yield -- or junk -- bonds, because they believe the relatively high return justifies holding an asset with a greater default risk that may be less liquid than investment-grade bonds. Must Read: When Twitter Says to Buy GE, You Should Listen Part of the danger is that when high-yield bonds are lumped together in an exchange-traded fund, or ETF, they appear easier to move from seller to buyer, according to Icahn. ETFs can be traded like stocks, which are among the more liquid investments. That ease can provide a false sense of security to investors who don't understand the risks contained in the underlying bonds -- both that the borrower might not be able to repay and that the bond might become very tough to sell in a challenging market. That, Icahn said, is particularly reminiscent of the most recent financial crisis. It also, in some ways, calls to mind the junk-bond crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s when investors sank cash into high-yield corporate securities -- many of which were underwritten by the now-defunct Drexel Burnham Lambert. During that time, favorable lending terms enticed corporate borrowers to issue debt to fund buyouts and other activities, and investors saw that junk bonds provided high returns for what seemed to be a low-risk investment. Many of the bonds issued were for brand name companies such as Turner Broadcasting, MCI Communications, and Wynn Casinos. Then the market for junk bonds came crashing down following a series of investigations into claims of insider trading and other financial misdeeds at Drexel Burnham. Blackrock's Fink, however, has made clear that he doesn't share Icahn's worries about the pricing and liquidity of high-yield ETFs. &quot;ETFs create more price transparency than anything in the bond market today, especially high-yield,&quot; he countered during the event. &quot;To trade ETFs every minute of the day, you have to have a valuation of every bond.&quot; Blackrock didn't respond to a request for further comment. Ultimately, both sides of the debate have some merit. &quot;High-yield ETFs are not so straight-forward,&quot; said Martin Fridson, chief investment officer at Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors in New York and a high-yield strategist for Merrill Lynch during the 1990s. &quot;If you had two nearly identical bonds and one was tracked to an ETF, it may be slightly more volatile because of how it's traded. However, its tough to say that they contribute to volatility as a whole.&quot; Must Read: The Debt Americans Gripe About Even More Than Credit Cards Even before high-yield bond ETFs existed, investors -- usually market timers -- used other instruments such as open-ended mutual funds and collateralized bond obligations in the same manner, he explained. With regard to the liquidity of the assets, Fridson said it's important to remember that high-yield bonds never traded with the fluidity of stock. And even during downturns, there are often bottom feeders willing to purchase and restructure distressed debt. Icahn isn't so sure that will be the case as the Volcker Rule, a provision of the Dodd-Frank finance reform law that limits proprietary trading by banks, takes effect on Tuesday. &quot;You have this year, $1.5 trillion in bonds in this country, not all high-yield, but $1.5 trillion will be sold,&quot; Icahn said. &quot;The banks own $40 billion only. It's gone down from 50% to 4% or 5%.&quot; After the Volcker Rule, &quot;it will be worse,&quot; he said. Fridson acknowledged the legitimacy of some of Icahn's concerns. &quot;People have been so starved for yield that they're throwing caution to the wind -- perhaps even investors who have no business being invested in high-yield,&quot; Fridson said. &quot;Eventually they may realize that they don't have to take that excess risk and they will bail out.&quot; While years of slow growth have made junk debt a more appealing investment because of the possibility of higher returns, it could lose value rapidly when markets enter a period of decline, he said. &quot;At any bear market, it's always messy -- there's not a lot of liquidity,&quot; he said. &quot;We'll probably hit a bear market again, but that doesn't mean we're in a bubble.&quot; Must Read: Goldman's Huge Legal Bill Shows Financial-Crisis Fallout Still Lingering<P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/BLK.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">BLK</a>. <p/>Click to research the <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/markets/sectors-and-industries/financial/financial-services.html?cm_ven=rss_industry">Financial Services</a> industry.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565823113/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4846fa4c/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565823113/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4846fa4c/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565823113/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4846fa4c/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565823113/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4846fa4c/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565823113/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4846fa4c/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565823113/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4846fa4c/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565823113/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4846fa4c/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565823113/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4846fa4c/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565823113/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/4846fa4c/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4846fa4c/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/vZQbT469JaI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Google Editor's PicksFinancial PlanningETFsRetirementEquitiesFinanceJunk BondsHedge FundsBondsMon, 20 Jul 2015 15:52:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Carleton English)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13220522/1/the-investment-carl-icahn-fears-will-implode-in-a-financial-crisis.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/4846fa4c/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C13220A5220C10Cthe0Einvestment0Ecarl0Eicahn0Efears0Ewill0Eimplode0Ein0Ea0Efinancial0Ecrisis0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmHow to Trade ETFs for Treasuries, Gold, Oil and the Dollarhttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/rYYZMqR_V7I/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The U.S. Treasury bond yield is consolidating its rise to a year-to-date high of 3.256% set on June 26. The weekly chart for the 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF , which is a basket of U.S. Treasury bonds with maturities of 20 to 30 years, remains oversold. A weekly chart and trading levels are provided below. Comex gold continues to have a negative weekly chart, and there's a downtrend on the weekly chart for the gold bullion exchange-traded fund, SPDR Gold Shares ETF . A weekly chart and trading analysis below show the levels at which to buy the&nbsp;ETF&nbsp;on weakness. Must Read: Three ETFs Billionaire Ray Dalio Loves and Why You Should, Too Nymex crude&nbsp;oil continues to have a negative weekly chart, and so does the iShares GSCI Commodity-Index Trust Fund , which is&nbsp;an ETF that's 70% to 75% weighed to energy and crude oil.&nbsp;A weekly chart and key levels are below. The euro versus the dollar has a negative weekly chart, and the Deutsche Bank USD Index has a positive weekly chart. That is the ETF that represents the U.S. dollar versus a basket of currencies -- the euro, Japanese yen, British pound, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona and Swiss franc. A weekly chart and trading levels appear below. Here's the weekly chart for the bond ETF. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The bond ETF ended last week at $118.72, down 5.7% year to date. The weekly chart is negative but oversold. The fund is below its key weekly moving average of $118.74, but is above its 200-week simple moving average of $117.26. The weekly momentum reading is 11.99, which is up from 11.30 on July 10. Both readings are well below the oversold threshold of 20.00. A close this week above $118.74 with momentum rising above 20.00 would shift the weekly chart to positive. The uptrend for the bond ETF started from $88.14 during the week of Feb. 11, 2011 and goes through the low of $101.17 set during the week of Jan. 3, 2014. That uptrend comes into play this week at $108.34. Investors looking to buy the bond ETF should place a good-till-canceled&nbsp;limit order to buy the ETF if it drops to $114.50, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of this week. Investors looking to reduce holdings should place a good-till-canceled limit order to sell the ETF if it rises to $120.38, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of September. Must Read: 10 Dividend Stocks That Keep Paying You More and More and More Here's the weekly chart for the gold ETF. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The gold ETF closed at $108.65 on Friday, down 4.3% year to date. The weekly chart is negative with the ETF below its key weekly moving average of $112.24 and well below its 200-week simple moving average of $138.20. The weekly momentum reading is 22.09, which is down from 28.73 on July 10. The downtrend on the weekly chart just below the price pattern began at $114.74 during the week of June 28, 2013 and goes through the low of $109.60 during the week of Nov. 9, 2014. This week thr trend line is at $106.94. Investors looking to buy the fund should place a good-till-canceled limit order to buy the ETF it drops to the trend line at $106.94. Investors looking to reduce holdings should place a good-till-canceled limit order to sell the ETF if it rises to $114.17, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of 2015. Must Read: Warren Buffett's Top 10 Dividend Stocks Here's the weekly chart for the commodity-index ETF. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The commodity ETF closed at $19.46 on Friday, down 9.8% year to date. The weekly chart is negative with the ETF below its key weekly moving average of $20.49. The weekly momentum reading is 37.33, down from 45.95 on July 10. The ETF crashed below its 200-week simple moving average during the week of July 11, 2014, with this average now at $30.48. Investors looking to buy the fund should place a good-till-canceled limit order to buy the ETF if it drops to $14.77, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of July. Investors looking to reduce holdings should place a good-tlll-canceled limit order to sell the ETF if it rises to $22.98, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of 2015. Must Read: 10 Stocks Carl Icahn Is Buying Here's the daily chart for the dollar index ETF. Courtesy of MetaStock Xenith The dollar ETF closed at $25.62 on Friday, up 6.9% year to date. The weekly chart is positive with the ETF above its key weekly moving average of $25.20. The weekly momentum reading is 40.88, up from 31.55 on July 10. The dollar began a momentum run-up during the week of August 29, 2014, when the ETF closed above its 200-week simple moving average, which is now at $22.56. Investors looking to buy the dollar ETF should place a good-till-canceled limit order to buy the ETF if it drops to $23.81, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of September. Investors looking to reduce holdings should place a good-till-canceled limit order to sell the ETF if it rises to $26.71, which is a key level on technical charts until the end of July. 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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~4/rYYZMqR_V7I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Basic MaterialsUUPETFsEquitiesOpinionCommodity FuturesFOREXTreasury BondsOilBondsGSGTLTMon, 20 Jul 2015 13:27:00 GMTtwocents@thestreet.com (Richard Suttmeier)http://www.thestreet.com/story/13223089/1/how-to-trade-etfs-for-treasuries-gold-oil-and-the-dollar.html?cm_ven=RSSFeedhttp://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/48464266/sc/24/l/0L0Sthestreet0N0Cstory0C132230A890C10Chow0Eto0Etrade0Eetfs0Efor0Etreasuries0Egold0Eoil0Eand0Ethe0Edollar0Bhtml0Dcm0Iven0FRSSFeed/story01.htmBank Results Bode Well for Financial Sector, Says Palisade’s Veruhttp://feeds.thestreet.com/~r/tsc/feeds/rss/etfs/~3/YbMNfCfyhW4/story01.htm<p>NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The strong second quarter results from big banks&nbsp;like JPMorgan Chase , Citigroup and Bank of America bodes well for both the financial sector and the entire S&amp;P 500 in the second half, said Dan Veru, Chief Investment Officer at Palisade Capital. &nbsp; &quot;We are seeing some underlying strength in the financials,&quot; Veru said. &quot;Those have been largely absent from the market rally&nbsp;for the last several years. They have certainly underperformed and I sense that could be changing right now.&quot; &nbsp; Headquartered in Fort Lee, N.J., Palisade has approximately $4.4 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2015. &nbsp; Veru added that rising interest rates will enhance bank profits going forward. He said the Federal Reserve has all but telegraphed its direction on rates, although he believes the rate hike&nbsp;will be a &quot;one and done&quot; event. &nbsp; &quot;While the economy has been improving, it's been improving&nbsp;at a very slow rate,&quot; Veru said. &quot;That's going to be good for bank profits as the yield curve gradually steepens and there is more opportunity.&quot; He added that the big fines paid by the banks as a result of their mortgage crisis&nbsp;misdeeds have likely crested, which will lift bottom lines as well. &nbsp; One of Veru's favorite financial plays is boutique investment bank Lazard , which is up over 17% year-to-date primarily due to its lucrative M&amp;A practice. &nbsp; &quot;Lazard has been an extremely well regarded pure play within the M&amp;A space,&quot; said Veru. &quot;They also have an extremely lucrative money management business as well which a lot of people don't think about.&quot; &nbsp; Veru is less bullish on the healthcare sector,&nbsp;despite its outperformance since the end of the financial crisis in 2009. In his view, the valuations are too high and new ideas are not plentiful after the long run-up in pharma, hospital and biotech stocks. &nbsp; &quot;The biotech space is very difficult to predict because there is a very broad distribution of stocks that have done extremely well and stocks that have done extremely poorly,&quot; said Veru. &quot;But the stocks that do well, do so well that it drags the index up.&quot; Must Read: Warren Buffett's Top 10 Dividend Stocks<P></P> Click to view a price quote on <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/quote/JPM.html?cm_ven=rss_ticker">JPM</a>. <p/>Click to research the <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/markets/sectors-and-industries/financial/banking.html?cm_ven=rss_industry">Banking</a> industry.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565621653/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/483067b9/sc/24/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565621653/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/483067b9/sc/24/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565621653/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/483067b9/sc/24/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565621653/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/483067b9/sc/24/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565621653/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/483067b9/sc/24/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/234565621653/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/483067b9/sc/24/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565621653/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/483067b9/sc/24/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/234565621653/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/483067b9/sc/24/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/234565621653/u/49/f/633977/c/34634/s/483067b9/sc/24/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='http://thestreet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34634/f/633977/s/483067b9/sc/24/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class="feedflare">
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